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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Favour Mutah" <favourm2@bewoopi.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 01:10:17 +0000
Subject: Favour Mutah

From Mr Favour Mutah
Dear,

good day to you,

Please I need your help,I beg you in the name of God that makes you what you are today to help me out of this condition.

My Name is Mr Favour Mutah the only Son of Mr and Mrs Mutah Ubah i am 20 year old My father was a very wealthy Gold Merchant in Monrovia the Gold Capital of republic of Liberia all in west africa.

Before the death of my father on 14th September 2008 my father told me that he deposited sum (USD $15 MILLION FIFTEEN MILLION U.S DOLLARS ) in a bank. He also made me understand that it was because of this money he was poisoned by his business associates while on a business trip with them and he instructed me to look for a foreign partner who will help me transfer this money his or her account and invest it for me, my purpose of contacting you is for you to help me transfer this money to your country before this people who kill my father will kill me too

I'm now hiding in a local place here and I will compensate you with 20% of this money if you help me to transfer the money to your account l hope you will not betray the trust i have on you because this money is my only hope in this life and you will also help me to come over to your country to continue my education while you will invest my own share of the money for me.

I can assure you there is No Risk involve the money is an inheritance from my late father. You can go through this website and see what is going on in our country now


I am waiting to hear from you.
Favour Mutah




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